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Ancestries: English (11.8%), Irish (5.7%), American (4.7%), German (2.8%), French (2.6%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 420 feet

Land area: 2.91 square miles.

Population density: 545 people per square mile (low).

For population 25 years and over in Marion:

High school or higher: 86.6%

Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.0%

Graduate or professional degree: 5.5%

Unemployed: 7.9%

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Marion town:

Never married: 33.5%

Now married: 39.8%

Separated: 7.2%

Widowed: 6.6%

Divorced: 12.8%

22 residents are foreign born

This town:

1.4%

Mississippi:

2.3%

According to our research of Mississippi and other state lists there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Marion, Mississippi as of September 26, 2017.The ratio of number of residents in Marion to the number of sex offenders is 508 to 1.The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average.